[Boatanchors] HT-20

[john fitzsimmons]

Yep, it has an unusually high cabinet and I'm not sure if it's unique to the HT-20 or not.

That's one Hallicrafters that's near mil-spec in construction, unlike their decidedly lower-rent efforts of the fifties.

I was gonna get it on the air when i was back home at xmas but never got around to it... I do know it works FB into a dummy load!

--- On Sat, 6/19/10, Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] HT-20
To: "john fitzsimmons" <w3jn at yahoo.com>
Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net, hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 10:03 AM

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 4:22 AM, john fitzsimmons <w3jn at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have one that's near mint; even the chassis is still shiny.  When I first powered it up, it blew smoke from the parasitic suppressor.  Replaced the resistor inside, and it worked great into a D/L til I got to 10 meters, then it started blowing a LOT of smoke out the top.

I thought that story had a familiar ring. Good to see you here, Johnny! :D

It's a neat transmitter, definitely one of Halli's better
achievements. Cabinet is a bit of an oddity, but unlike the SX-115, I
think there's at least one or two other rigs (an amp comes to mind)
that used the same cabinet, so there's some hope of finding a
replacement. If you plan to rack mount it anyhow, it's no issue of
course.

Jack's HT-20 from John K4OZY drew a LOT of attention last fall at
NEAR-Fest. Had at least 3 people in line to buy it if Jack didn't show
up. He did, of course, and was the boatanchor envy of the 'fest as he
rode to his vehicle on one of the event golf carts, HT-20 in tow on
the back.

Heavy? Yes, it's definitely all there. More on par with the 32V for
weight, though it does need an external VFO like the Viking.

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4